hadu

See also: hadů

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦadu]

Noun

hadu

1. dative/locative singular of had

Welsh

Alternative forms

• hadaff

Etymology

From the same root as the noun had (“seed”). Cognate with Middle Breton hadaff and Breton hadañ.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhadɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈha(ː)di/
• Rhymes: -adɨ̞

Verb

hadu (first-person singular present hadaf, not mutable)

1. to bring forth or produce seed, grow seed, multiply, become fruitful
2. to sprout into ears, run to seed
3. to sow, propagate
4. to beget, procreate

Conjugation

Conjugation of hadu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hadaf	hedi	hada	hadwn	hedwch, hadwch	hadant	hedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hadwn	hadit	hadai	hadem	hadech	hadent	hedid
preterite	hedais	hedaist	hadodd	hadasom	hadasoch	hadasant	hadwyd
pluperfect	hadaswn	hadasit	hadasai	hadasem	hadasech	hadasent	hadasid, hadesid
present subjunctive	hadwyf	hedych	hado	hadom	hadoch	hadont	hader
imperative	—	hada	haded	hadwn	hedwch, hadwch	hadent	hader
verbal noun	hadu
verbal adjectives	—

Conjugation of hadu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hada i, hadaf i	hadi di	hadith o/e/hi, hadiff e/hi	hadwn ni	hadwch chi	hadan nhw
conditional	hadwn i, hadswn i	hadet ti, hadset ti	hadai fo/fe/hi, hadsai fo/fe/hi	haden ni, hadsen ni	hadech chi, hadsech chi	haden nhw, hadsen nhw
preterite	hadais i, hades i	hadaist ti, hadest ti	hadodd o/e/hi	hadon ni	hadoch chi	hadon nhw
imperative	—	hada	—	—	hadwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “hadaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies